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Hospital Lab Outreach Taps On-Demand Testing

Clinical Laboratory, Clinical Laboratory Trends, Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: In this case study, clinical laboratory managers from Bryan Health in Nebraska explain how they expanded their lab outreach program to include direct-to-consumer tests. The project involved researching what tests were most appropriate without the need for a physician’s order and enlisting the help of various business departments within the health system. FINDING …

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Important Court Rulings & Pending New Federal Law

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

IMPORTANT THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH COURT DECISIONS AND PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION that will affect a substantial number of the nation’s clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. In this issue of The Dark Report, you’ll be alerted to those developments we think will have the biggest impact on laboratory compliance and legal risk. The first of …

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New Percentage-Based Commissions Ruling

Laboratory Compliance / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: In denying a motion to dismiss certain charges against a clinical laboratory owner, a federal court in California has declared that the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) of 2018 applies to payments for marketing to physicians and other referral sources. This ruling diverges from a prior EKRA-based decision in a Hawaii court. …

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Lab’s Anemia Program Brings in New Revenue

Clinical Laboratory, Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: In Philadelphia, Jefferson Health was looking for new revenue streams to help financial performance during the pandemic. It determined a strong opportunity existed by establishing a patient blood management program that included better anemia treatment options and utilized clinical lab test data. BY IMPROVING BLOOD AND ANEMIA MANAGEMENT, the opportunity exists …

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Atrium, Advocate Aurora Merge into $27b System

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Integrated delivery networks continue to consolidate in the U.S., with the latest example being the merger of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. The deal forms a 67-hospital system across two distinct geographic areas in the Southeast and upper Midwest. IDN mergers raise the value of longitudinal test records for patients, with IDNs …

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Lab Vendors Adjusting to Changing Sales Practices

In Vitro Diagnostics / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Important changes are happening in how lab managers research and buy new lab analyzers, automation, test kits, and consumables. Today, a large proportion of a lab buyer’s research and interaction involving new products is done digitally. This includes virtual sales calls, say two IVD lab marketing experts. WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING AND …

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June 6, 2022 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Monkeypox is the latest disease showing up in the United States. That means hospital laboratories will want to be ready to diagnose monkeypox cases that show up in their emergency departments. An official from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it is exploring the possibility of expanding capacity for monkeypox testing if …

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Innovation Showcased at Executive War College

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: This year’s Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management proved to be a high-energy event. A record 900 attendees showed up and responded enthusiastically to visions and predictions of a post-COVID-19 healthcare system that hungers for large volumes of lab test data. Speaker after speaker emphasized that clinical laboratories willing to be …

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Intermountain Health Merges with SCL Health

Clinical Laboratory Trends, In Vitro Diagnostics, Lab Marketplace / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Mergers and acquisitions involving large integrated delivery networks (IDNs) are not only reshaping the nation’s hospital industry. These transactions also transform the way hospitals organize their clinical laboratories. Last month’s merger of Intermountain Health and SCL Health in the Rocky Mountain states comes on the heels of February’s merger in Michigan of Beaumont …

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Volume XXIX, No. 7 – May 16, 2022

Better collection and use of clinical data was a prominent theme discussed by attendees at last month’s annual Executive War College Conference on Laboratory and Pathology Management in New Orleans. Also, an attorney warns that federal fraud investigators are targeting labs that did extensive COVID-19 testing during the height of the pandemic.

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